What happens when an agtech startup with market pull, a clear mission, and global momentum still doesn’t make it? In this episode, founder Nikki Davey shares the story of Grown Not Flown, an app that connected local flower growers with customers, and discusses the challenges of scaling, founding teams and developing a global platform. Nikki also talks about how she's continuing the mission of creating a sustainable flower industry, in a different way.

This episode explores the recent trend of 'unbundling' in agtech, where companies like Corteva and Farmers Business Network are separating their seed, crop protection arms of their business to create more focused operations. Sarah Nolet, Shane Thomas, and Matthew Pryor discuss the strategic and market implications of this shift, plus the role of AI and LLMs in agtech innovation.

This episode explores how the cotton industry often overlooks the farmers who grow the crop, focusing instead on fiber quality and pricing, which undermines true sustainability. Marzia Lanfranchi explains why recognizing cotton as an agricultural product is key to improving practices like regenerative farming, water use, and supply chain traceability.

China’s push to develop cheaper agricultural equipment could disrupt the global market, despite current quality challenges. Lachlan Monsbourgh from Rabobank discusses how this shift may impact dealers, farmers, and agtech companies.

Technical issues in agtech are sometimes misdiagnosed, when the real challenge lies in the social systems surrounding farm work. Kevin Boyle of the Equitable Food Initiative emphasizes the need to recognize farm workers' skills and knowledge, arguing that workforce development is key to successful agtech adoption and sustainable farming.

How robotics could transform farm labor by shifting focus from increasing farmworker numbers, and reducing costs, to redesigning farm jobs. CREO's Sophie Thorel and Farmhand Ventures' Connie Bowen discuss the major hurdles in agricultural robotics, emphasizing the need for farmer involvement and long-term collaboration.

Is there a difference between agtech startups and agribusiness, anymore? Mark Kahn, the Managing Partner of Omnivore shares his thesis about why the successful agtech companies, often end up looking more like a conventional agribusiness company.

Host Sarah Nolet sit down with Brad McNamara, CEO and Founder at Morrissey Market, a “food is medicine” distribution startup to discuss his journey to building on the lessons of food business past and present

Sarah is joined by Walt Duflock, Senior VP of Innovation at Western Growers Association to learn about why California’s world-renowned ag and its state-of-the-art tech sectors are struggling to align.

Sarah sits down with former co-founders at Plenty and current co-founders at Soil Action, Jack Oslan and Nate Storey, to talk about lessons learned and what's ahead.

This week, Matthew sits down with Ron Adner for a wide ranging discussion of how his insights on industry structure and business strategy is transforming agtech.

Sarah sits down this week with Matthew Pryor and Shane Thomas to discuss recent agtech acquisitions and other news.

Sarah is joined this week by Mary Shelman, Founder at the Shelman Group, to discuss the emerging impact of GLP-1s on food and agriculture.

Sarah is joined by Connie Bowen, Founder of Farmhand Ventures to talk about deploying alternative funding models, especially redeemable equity, in agtech.

Rob Hannam, CEO of Farm Health Guardian, joins Sarah this week to talk about the idea and process of merging his livestock biosecurity startup with another.

Sarah talks about on-farm commercial tech trials and testing with Brooke Sauer, Head of R&D at Boolah.

Sarah learns more about how this food tech ingredient space is changing with Jake Berber, Co-Founder and CEO of Prefer.

Today, Sarah sits down with Matthew Pryor and Shane Thomas to talk about agtech adoption, changes in go-to-market channels, and product distribution.

Sarah sits down with Paul Smith and Dave Gerner of Wine Australia to discuss the custom program they built to encourage agtech adoption in their industry.

Sarah sits down with Liam Hescock, Founder and CEO of Azaneo to talk about their solution– which harnesses the power of electricity to kill weeds.